Chapter 360 [Betting Battle!]
After Lu Yuan figured this out, his pupils dilated and he was so shocked that he started sweating profusely.
In this damn world, the more you know, the greater the risk - what's the difference between it and the dark forest?
When two civilizations who know nothing about each other come together, they can live in peace with each other, and can even "call each other brothers" and "form an offensive and defensive alliance"! Just like humans and the Rize civilization, the friendship at the beginning is indeed precious
.
When an informed person and an ignorant person come together, they may cooperate with each other or there may be war, depending on what the informed person thinks.
But when two insiders get together, they are really cautious...no one knows whether the other has the intention of killing!
If you are not careful, you will lose everything!
There is no other way. Now we can only rely on the rules of the Eighth Era to eliminate the risk of war.
This person with the ability to translate used a large loudspeaker to shout: [Betting!]
The voice passed far away.
In fact, everyone in the conference room was a little nervous, and everyone began to discuss the theoretical combat capabilities of this group of fishmen.
"There shouldn't be many civilizations with a large number of nuclear bombs..."
"Because the cities chosen by the 'gods' are usually typical cities of this civilization with a large population. It is unlikely that a conventional civilization would be so crazy as to deploy a large number of nuclear weapons in the city."
"In addition, with a population of one million, it is already very difficult to maintain dozens of nuclear bombs. If you want to maintain thousands of nuclear bombs, the industry cannot afford it."
Lu Yuan raised his eyebrows: "So what you're saying is...even if this civilization has nuclear bombs, there are only dozens of them, so it's impossible to blow up the city in the sky?"
"Yes, and you may have overestimated the attack power of nuclear bombs. A nuclear weapon with an equivalent of 100,000 tons can be easily resisted by only 3 meters of concrete and strong glyphs. So it is very difficult to destroy the Sky City.
difficulty."
This news was a shot in the arm, hitting everyone's hearts - the solid glyphs of the Sky City were naturally densely packed, and were found on every wall!
Some military officers are still discussing whether to let the Sky City take off and make an emergency evacuation?
But Lu Yuan still shook his head and suppressed these remarks, because the speed of running in the city was very slow, so it was a big target.
Once you run away, not only will you appear guilty, but it will also easily arouse the other person's greed.
"You have to show a strong side."
"And civilized exchanges are not necessarily a bad thing."
Human beings may have shocked the other party by sending out an invitation for a "gambling fight" so straightforwardly.
For a long time, no new messages were sent.
On the contrary, new information came from the reconnaissance brigade: "Report to the headquarters! We observed a large group of aliens working on the seabed. They may be civilians of the other party..."
"There are many fish-human creatures working in the deep sea. They seem to be cultivating life in the coral reefs."
"The swimming speed of these intelligent life forms is comparable to that of fish...at a speed of approximately 40 kilometers per hour."
"Even at a depth of 6,000 meters, you can still swim calmly."
"(Noise*) Report, the other party has dispatched a fleet!!"
"There are 13 ships in total, the largest one is comparable in size to an aircraft carrier, and is similar in size to our floating fortress."
"We have observed technological artifacts in the form of missiles appearing on the surface of the coral reef. There may be more than twenty missile launch vehicles and hundreds of heavy tanks in total, and there are probably some underground missile silos, aiming at our Sky City.
direction."
This news actually made everyone relax a little, because even if these mid-level missiles are all hydrogen bombs, they can still withstand the city in the sky.
The source fire cannons on the human side can also hit the opponent's coral reefs. On the Sky City side, all weapons have been set out, including the most powerful "spiritual rune cannonballs" currently loaded. This forms
Reciprocal deterrence.
Another marine survey team also sent news: "This large coral reef may be 2.3 kilometers thick, and most of it is hidden underwater."
"We have observed many unmanned submarines and suspicious mechanical fish. [Photo] [Photo]"
This information was sent to the fleet's computers like snowflakes.
This computer is not an ordinary semiconductor technology, but the "Black Yao Computer" of the Origin Fire Civilization. It combines a certain spiritual technology and has a lower probability of being conquered by computer viruses.
But humans still cannot rule out the possibility of being eavesdropped and monitored.
There is no way, there are really too few semiconductor-related talents...many of them are copied from the mother civilization of mankind, and they are in a state of half-knowledge.
Lu Yuan was actually under a lot of pressure. He also notified the rear to do evacuation work at all times.
Especially the extraordinary creatures in Green Mountain must be dealt with properly.
In addition, a hundred puppet war mechas were also activated. These machines were equipped with rune bullets and "source fire cannons" and had extraordinary combat effectiveness.
From this perspective, humankind is indeed countless times more powerful than the stage a few decades ago when even weapons had to be purchased from the Rize Civilization.
"It's a pity that high-energy lasers haven't been developed yet. Otherwise, even if there are nuclear bombs, they can be intercepted directly."
Lu Yuan was mentally drained for a while, and then the news from the other party finally came.
"We are a Nanyu civilization, and we accept gambling!"
His heart skipped a beat; the other party indeed knew the rules of gambling.
He also sent the translation expert to imitate the Shumiba civilization and yell a few words: "We are a human civilization. We pass by here and use force to make friends."
[Three battles, two wins out of three, no matter life or death!]
[The loser pays one hundred souls!]
"Is this also going to be copied?" The rat craftsman, Rat Gongye, was actually joining in the fun.
He could only hold his nose and admit it, and just watched silently without giving any opinions.
Of course, if a fight really breaks out, they will never go to the battlefield.
Until the third hour, as the opponent's fleet gradually approached, people once again received strange electromagnetic waves: "Three battles: cold weapons, unarmed combat, and ocean battle."
There was finally a discussion in the conference room.
"As expected, the other party knows a lot of information... Is it a second-generation civilization or an alien civilization?"
The purpose of gambling is to observe the opponent's war potential and reduce strategic misjudgments, rather than simply to earn that hundred souls.
Fighting with cold weapons and bare hands is nothing.
But fighting in the ocean is a bit difficult. Among humans, there are not many people who are proficient in underwater fighting. Once you fall into the water, you will not be able to use one-tenth of your skills.
However, as the ocean is the current home environment, this requirement is not excessive.
"If you use underwater breathing beads, you can barely fight." Senior Colonel Jin Dongliang said, "It's just that human mobility is far inferior to these species that are born in water. If it doesn't work, send Turtle? It's in the water.
It’s quite capable of fighting.”
Lu Yuan shook his head: "No, the scene when we meet the Shumiba civilization is a little different now... At that time, our newborn calves were not afraid of tigers. The moment we dispatched Lord Turtle, we were exposed as novices."
"Now it's a collision between two civilizations who know the corresponding information... We really don't dare to get stage fright easily."
"Let's do this, I will fight the underwater battle, and you guys on land can choose two of them."
Lu Yuan has the ability to "teleport in space", so he doesn't have to worry about mobility in the water.
After hearing what he said, the other people nodded in agreement.
After some discussion, it was decided that Colonel Guo Dafeng from the sixth grade would play the first game, and Colonel Jin Dongliang from the seventh grade would play the second game.
If he lost or won these two games, Lu Yuan wouldn't have to fight.
While they were discussing like this, everyone had already heard the roar of the propellers. The opponent's thirteen warships finally arrived too late!
The displacement of these steel behemoths is generally between 2,000 and 10,000 tons. This may be due to insufficient productivity caused by the sharp decline in population. Many warships appear rusty, and some are simply freighters. They seem to be used to prop up the facade, with items placed on them.
A tank after another.
This is normal. All armies need maintenance. Generally speaking, ships need routine maintenance once every 3-6 months, which consumes manpower and material resources. Insufficient productivity has naturally led to what it is now.
The military of humanity's 18th civilization is actually within the allowable range of financial expenditures.
Lu Yuan squinted his eyes and confirmed that there were no particularly complicated glyphs on the opponent's main ship, which meant that it was a technological product made using purely materialistic methods.
He relaxed a little: "The other party does not have a large number of glyph engineers, so in theory they won't be too powerful."
Immediately afterwards, the motherships of both sides approached each other, and more than five hundred fish-like creatures of various shapes walked out from the deck. They were wearing light blue scale armor.
The individual differences of this race seem to be very large. The tallest murloc is actually 6 meters tall. He looks like a little giant standing there, with strong muscles and black scales all over his body.
The smallest fish-man is almost 1 meter.
Some fishmen have heads similar to those of humans, but have some extra scales and fins on their bodies, which is more in line with human aesthetics.
But a few fishmen actually had fish heads, or heads like seahorses, or even heads like octopus or lantern fish.
This is really an eye-opener. Lu Yuan doesn't know what the mating method of this species is. Can the octopus type and the seahorse type also reproduce? Is it possible that there are more than a hundred genders like the old cat civilization?
Of course, these were just random thoughts in his mind, at the moment when the soldiers from both sides lined up and faced each other.
The human translator expert shouted over the loudspeaker: [The vast continent, countless civilizations compete for survival, the vast space and time, trillions of creatures compete for dominance.]
【The weak eat the strong, the fittest survive, this is the rule.】
[The weak pay the strong a certain amount of wealth in exchange for peace.]
[We, the human civilization, are not warlike. We fight only for peace.
[May both sides try their best, but they will stop there. After that, the two sides will communicate peacefully and exchange technology and extraordinary materials.]
Having said this, the heavily armed Colonel Guo Dafeng stepped forward and his whole body erupted with a powerful red light.
"Human civilization, Guo Dafeng! Please teach me how to fight with cold weapons!"
This is actually an unspoken rule of the Eighth Age. You don’t have to send the strongest warriors in the first battle, you can hide a little bit.
After so many years, human equipment has indeed improved. Guo Dafeng's equipment is all excellent, and he holds a sword and shield.
Unfortunately, he did not control the field.
On the one hand, craftsmen in the current energy customization "field" are a bit scarce, and they must be inspired to customize. In this way, the required civilization contribution is very high.
On the other hand, Guo Dafeng has mastered a divine skill called "Ice Control", which is somewhat similar to Mirage's skill. Once it is related to the divine skill, it involves the soul, which is something that humans have not yet understood.
, the difficulty of customizing the field has been greatly increased.
Of course, because of his magical skills, Guo Dafeng's combat effectiveness is actually not low.
And those murlocs obviously also have knowledgeable people. When they saw that the humans actually dispatched sixth-level warriors, they were all looking at something.
Some fishmen's eyes flashed with light.
The invisible contest has begun!
"It shouldn't be possible for his attributes to be identified..." Lu Yuan thought to himself.
The soldier in front straightened his chest and looked as cold as a sculpture.
Not long after, the other party sent a seahorse fishman more than three meters tall, wearing a glowing blue armor and holding a trident, to fight.
"Wow, that's enough...ah, brother Toad..." the seahorse fishman shouted loudly.
"He said: He is the Nanyu Civilization, a high-level warrior, King Ma Hai. Please enlighten me."
Lu Yuan took a closer look.
[Unknown life form, suspected to be an intelligent race.]
[Suspected to be Level 4.]
[Attributes and abilities are unknown.]
His expression suddenly changed slightly, and the other party actually had a way to hide his personal attributes.
Several other ability appraisers were also surprised: "Lu, how come you can't see the opponent's attributes? Is the opponent's spiritual skill so strong?"
Lu Yuan remained calm and looked at the other mermaid soldiers, but none of them could be detected!
This made everyone take a breath of cold air and feel puzzled.
What's going on? There are obviously no glyphs on the ship, but the equipment is so luxurious?
Could it be that they were all dug out from some deep sea ruins?
A subtle sense of weirdness came to my mind...
It's not that he is arrogant, it is indeed impossible for human beings to be the best in the world, but this strange feeling, how should I put it, brings him a subtle feeling that is beyond expectations... as if the other party is hiding some important secret.
But there was no time to think about it, the battle started in the blink of an eye!
Guo Dafeng and this "Ma Haiwang" first bowed to each other.
The first battlefield is located on the deck of the human suspended fortress.
"Ma Haiwang" jumped violently, and the trident opened up a red-orange light, rushing toward Guo Dafeng's face like lightning!
Even though it was a matter of time and again, the two sides were engaged in a bet and there was no chance of letting go. They tried their best as soon as they met.
After all, Lao Guo is a veteran sixth-level strongman, more than three hundred years old, an upright man in his prime, his eyes are shining, he took a breath, raised his left arm, and used his shield to block the waving trident.
There was a "bang" sound on the battlefield, and the red-orange fire light scratched Guo Dafeng's scalp and burst onto the deck, leaving a scalding mark of the fire.
Chapter completed!